In today's society, the search for true love often trumps the search for God but each is a worthy quest that, with the right map, will bring you to the same place— you.
I struggled for years in my relationships with men and with God. Though I was raised to be an independent and self-sufficient woman, I secretly sought completion. I pushed and I pulled on their love. The part of me that felt broken...

The spiritual path teaches us to love unconditionally, but what about BEING loved unconditionally? Though we inherently receive the love we give, there is a distinct power in being witnessed by the eyes of love. In the loving reflection of another, we have an opportunity to dissolve self-judgement and thus to love ourselves more deeply.
We may practice self-love and even experience genuine happiness, but often there is at least a piece...

Though I once felt that politics and spirituality went together like oil and water, I now see that the political arena offers the spiritual seekers among us a great mirror for the way in which we use our mind against the truth of our free nature.
The mere structure of our ‘democratic’ process, organized into executive, legislative, and judicial branches, reflects the references in our minds through which we process any decision,...